It's not cancelled, it's just on hiatus since I cannot find a programmer to take up the reins.
It's on 'development hell', heh heh.
The best 'hack'? Chorus of Mysteries is pretty good. It's got innovative bosses and interesting backgrounds.
It's the one I like the most in terms of CV NES titles. I've not seen complete CV3 hacks or well-mapped CV2 hacks.
Again we're talking ROM Hacks.